![]() An older MacBook from 2006 might be limited to Snow Leopard as a maximum system. to use it boot from the snow leopard install DVd and choose 'restore system from backup' from the utilities menu. if you'll get a new mac which is exactly the same hardware as the faulty one then you can use it. From that, we can tell you what OS X version you COULD upgrade to. but it should only be done on exact same hardware as i said. For example, you can search for a site that will decode your MacBook's serial number, which will tell you exactly what model it is. You could help by telling us which MacBook you have. You have no backup of any files or pictures/music, so if the HDD is dead, there's not much more you can do, except go through the new user setup, and go ahead to use the system that you install from the DVD. ![]() That will give you your OS X system, and you can go on from there. You can name it something memorable, like MacTheKrakenĪfter you have erased the SSD, Quit Disk Utility, and continue with the OS X install, using your newly erased SSD as the destination. ![]() Open Disk Utility, and erase the new SSD. Honestly, Time Machine backs up just about every conceivably important thing you might need, because no recent versions of macOS have stored ANYTHING non-Apple directly into the System folder (which now exists as a totally separate read-only volume that is accessed by means of a mounted snapshot. I'm assuming that your "original download disk" is Snow Leopard (last OS X version on a DVD disk) Time Machine Backup Power on or restart your Mac system As you hear the startup sound, hold the Command and R keys on the keyboard Release the keys after the. ![]() You won't be able to install anything on a new SSD, until you erase the SSD first. ![]()
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